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Pakistan is also emerging as one of the region's major data-center hosts. Saudi Arabia and the UAE lead MENAAP in data-center capacity, while Pakistan has the largest number of data centers in the region alongside the two Gulf economies.
Read the original →Primary industry workers produce 72% more per hour than they did in 1996. On AI, the sector is trailing the national average, and MPI warns a $15 billion prize could end up offshore.
Read the original →Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the proposed framework will focus on AI safety, human-centric development, skilling and inclusion. Technology companies are expected to shoulder much of the responsibility for tackling emerging risks.
Read the original →The Department of Government Enablement – Abu Dhabi has launched AiNative, an AI training programme built with OpenAI, Microsoft and MBZUAI. It is designed for every government employee.
Read the original →This is a keynote speech by PSITI at the Schneider Electric Innovation Summit Hong Kong 2026.
Read the original →Japanese vending machine technology used to chill soft drinks is drawing attention for AI-era data centers. Fuji Electric is applying its conventional cooling technology to the power consumption of data centers.
Read the original →NVIDIA announced that the compact personal AI supercomputer NVIDIA DGX Spark 64GB will go on sale on October 23 from major manufacturers. Prices start at $4,999, with Acer, ASUS, Dell, Gigabyte, HP and MSI offering it. It runs open models of up to 100 billion parameters securely and quickly without relying on the cloud.
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